Roundtable, Vol. 4 No. 4 - April 1964

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Vol. IV, No. 4
RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA
April, 1964
Apartment Buildings
Under Construction
Construction has begun on two
apartment buildings for married students at California Baptist College.
The units are expected to be ready
for occupancy for the fall semester,
according to Ernest Roach, superintendent of buildings and grounds.
Cost of the construction is is-
timated at $300,000 by Mr. Roach.
The Southern Baptist General Convention of California has underwritten the loan necessary to finance
the project.
This is the first major construction
at the school since it came to Riverside in 1955.
The two-story structures will
provide about 32,000 square feet of
floor space, divided into 40 apartments. These will include two-bedroom and one-bedroom units.
The office of the Dean of Students
estimates that 75 married student
families are eligible for the new
quarters and have first choice on the
new units; 25 of these families have
already submitted applications for
residence.
College authorities plan to temporarily use one of the buildings for
bachelor housing, due to the previous
heavy enrollment of single men.
Approximate rental cost of the
units will be $70 for one-bedroom
apartments and $85 for two-bedroom
apartments.
In the college's master plan, five
additional units will also be built in
the married student housing tract.
The five-acre site faces the Riverside Freeway, fronting on Diana.
Cowan and Bussey, A J.A., Riverside firm, are the architects. Contractor of the project is Loman Carter,
Harbor City.
Current applications for admission
to California Baptist College are in
greatervolume than here to fore. Those
who hope to enroll this fall should
submit applications immediately.
CBC Will Honor Former President Hoover
Herbert Hoover, thirty-first president of the United States, will be
awarded an honorary doctorof humane letters degree by California Baptist College at its eleventh annual commencement exercises, May 25.
Herbert Hoover III, of Los Angeles will accept the honor for his grand-
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Enrollment Totals 589
Enrollment at California Baptist
College for the 1963-64 term reached
a record total of 589 at the close of
registration for the spring semester.
This is the third successive year
the enrollment has exceeded 500,
according to Professor Dewey H.
Jones, director of admissions.
An analysis of the enrollment
figures shows the CBC student body
composed of 294 men and 295 women,
with 212 classified as freshmen.
It is particularly noteworthy that
volunteers for special Christian service number 209. One hundred fifteen
are registered as ministerial students,
53 as missionary volunteers,and 22
and 19 in religious education and
music, respectively.
Excellence, Variety Mark
1964 Fine Arts Festival
Great variety and excellent performances marked the college's 1964
Fine Arts Festival, April 16-24.
Sponsored and arranged by the Division of Humanities, "the festival is
designed to encourage creativity on
the part of students, by contacts with
creative workers in the varied arts,"
states Dr. Lawrence E. Nelson,
chairman.
The program of events was opened
with the dramatic production of Hart
and Kaufman's "The Man Who Came
to Dinner." This popular comedy was
presented by the CBC Drama Department and directed by Jeanne Holloway
Davis.
Lectures and addresses were
given by Ruth Percival Ikerman, Dr.
Nelson   and   Dr.    Frederick   Mayer.
Mrs. Ikerman, author from Mentone,
California, gave a lecture-demonstration on "The Biography of a Book,"
trip to Riverside from his New York
residence.
Dr. Loyed R. Simmons, president
of the college, will confer the degree
on the former chief executive in
recognition of his lifelong interest
in and contributions to small colleges, especially in the early days
of the Council for the Advancement
of Small Colleges.
Dr. Alfred T. Hill, executive
secretary of the Council (CASC),
Washington, D. C, will give the
commencement address.
Dr. Joe H. Music, pastor of First
Southern Baptist Church of Huntington Park and vice-chairman of the
California Southern Baptist Board of
Christian Higher Education, will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon on
Sunday, May 24 at 3:00 p.m.
The baccalaureate service will be
held in the auditorium of Magnolia
Avenue Baptist Church, and the
graduation exercise will be conducted
on the front lawn of the college campus at 7:00 p.m.
Prior to the latter program, the
15th Air Force Band from March Air
Force Base will present a 45-minute
concert, beginning at 6:00 p.m.
o'clock, with Lt. James F. Johnson,
directing.
To conclude a climactic year,
President Simmons will confer bachelor's degrees on 46 candidates.
showing by use of displays the progress of a book from manuscript
through publication, and also its
composition into Braille for the
blind. She also held informal discussions in classes.
Dr. Nelson, himself an author and
poet of repute, addressed the faculty
on "The Hysterics of History."
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